think of wilson caldwell who was told he couldn't fly a plane without a college degree to he decided to jump out of them instead. think of harryccowitz who funneled his -- fudged his age and don't worry, harry, the statute of limitations has expired. he came on shore on d-day. and now that he's come back, we said he can have anything he wants for lunge lunch today. he said a hamburger will do fine. what's more american than that? think of rock merit, recruiter asked him if he was man enough to be a paratrooper. he signed him up on the spot. that decision got him to the 508th regimen, a unit that would suffer heavy casualties and all across ft. bragg, they know why, 91-year-old rock merit still takes time to speak to the young men and women of today's army. whenever the world makes you cynical, whenever you doubt that courage and goodness is possible, stop and think of these men. wilson and harry and rock, they are here today, and although i know we already gave them a rousing round of applause along with all our veterans of d-day, if you can stand, please stand. if not, please raise